Durban Chevra Kadisha chairman, Stan Hart, may be contacted for all enquiries regarding any of the Durban cemeteries. P.O. Box 2296, Durban 4000, South Africa. Tel: (+27-31) 261-6659, Fax: (+27-31) 261-6810. e-mail:
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Brook Street Cemetery: All graves are documented but not computerized as of 1998. Records are in the shul office as are photographs of the graves. The 100th year anniversary book of Durban states that the first burial was in 1880, a Morris Rouse, in a portion of the West Street Cemetery now at the corner of Brook and Queen streets. The book then mentions another area, walled in 1905, which goes on to the Umbilo Road Cemetery. There are probably no Jews in the Umbilo Road Cemetery. The first cemetery in Durban to have a Jewish section was Brook Street. The unmarked graves are unidentified persons. Len Hack checked old newspaper records. A train going north in 1899 was derailed or attacked by Boers somewhere in Northern Natal just after outbreak of war. Many were killed and Boers plundered the bodies. Unidentified Jewish bodies returned to Durban for burial. Source:
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Stellawood Cemetery: Stellawood Cemetery is in Selbourne Road, the extension of Nicolson Road that runs parallel to Manning Road. The site is in the upper Umbilo area (next to Glenwood), and is close to the Natal University.. Stellawood Jewish Cemetery